To Ella

"Odetta (Silverwolf album)" redirects here. For other self-titled albums by Odetta on different labels, see Odetta (Everest album) and Odetta (Folkways album).

To Ella is an album by American folk singer Odetta, released 1998 on Silverwolf Records. Recorded live at the Kerrville Folk Festival, it features traditional songs including "Amazing Grace" and a 27-minute "Ancestors Suite" containing several songs.

To Ella a.k.a. Odetta (Silverwolf album) & American Folk Music Pioneer
Live album by Odetta
Released	October 6, 1998 April 8, 2003 June 3, 2003
Recorded	Kerrville Folk Festival, late 1990s
Genre	Folk, Blues
Length	36:58
Label	Silverwolf 1012 (To Ella) Silverwolf 1038 (Odetta)
Producer	Murray Krugman
Odetta chronology
The Best of Odetta: Ballads and Blues (1994) To Ella a.k.a. Odetta (Silverwolf album) & American Folk Music Pioneer (1998) Blues Everywhere I Go (1999)
Alternative album covers
Odetta (Silverwolf album) (2003)
Alternative cover
American Folk Pioneer (2003)

The album is dedicated to the memory of jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, who died in 1996 (although it does not contain any Ella Fitzgerald songs).

The album was re-released twice in 2003, and, confusingly, the CDs had two different names: Odetta (also on Silverwolf Records) and American Folk Pioneer (American Legends).

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Track listing

All songs Traditional unless otherwise noted.

1. "Black Woman" – 3:10
2. "The Fox" – 2:44
3. Suite: Ancestors: – 27:55
   1. "900 Miles"
   2. "Red Clay Country"
   3. "Another Man Done Gone" (Vera Hall, Alan Lomax, John Lomax, Ruby Pickens Tartt)
   4. "No More Cane on the Brazos"
   5. "Pretty Horses"
   6. "Poor Wayfarin' Stranger"
   7. "900 Miles (Reprise)"
   8. "Shenandoah"
   9. "Can't Keep from Cryin'"
   10. "Trouble"
4. "Ol' Lady Sally" – 1:03
5. "Amazing Grace" (John Newton) – 2:06

Personnel

• Odetta – vocals

External links

• "To Ella" on AllMusic
• "Odetta (Silverwolf)"on AllMusic
• "American Folk Music Pioneer" on AllMusic